Improved refrigerator



4UNITED STATES `llvleuovtao REFRIGERATR'... i

d Socci-ticalion-'forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,34 6, dated September 2, 1862. i

eration ofthe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making apart o f this specification, in which- Figure 1- is ave'rtieal central section, and Fig. 2- a-plan view, of the 'said improvement applied, i

`Like letters indicateitlie same parts when in the different gures.

The object of my invention is the productiouofa more economical refrigerator for domestie'use; and it'cons'ists in combining with a refrigeratora common Watercooler l in vthe peculiar manner hereinafter described, sothat the usual quantity of ice hitherto required for ,eitherwill be fully adequate -to the requirements of both, andthe Watercooler b e outside of the refrigerator.

In the drawings, A is the. refrigerator, B

the water-.cooler,.and C the icebox connecting them both together.

-The refrigerator Amay be made in -any of the usual forms, and with hinged shelves a a" or other devices for holding provisions; but instead of placing the ice-box"0 in the top or at one side, as heretofore, I fix it permanently in the middle ofthe bottom ofthe refrigerator,

so that its lower cud shall profeet through the same, say, about three inches, the said ice-box being provided with a dri pfhole, c', in its bottom and with a close lid, c`l,lat its top, substantially as represented in' the drawings.` In

A Fig. 2 the lids of both the refrigerator and the iceboxare remoyed and the shelves aa" raised may required. y

In operation it'will be seen 4that the ice in The body o f the water-cooler B may also be made in any of theeommo'n forms; but instead of the usual cover or lid the projecting portion of the bottom of the iee-box G is adapted to serve the purpose, the Watercooler B being fixed in an'upright position upon a bench or plank, D,so as to serve as a supporting-column `for'the refrigerator, asseen in Fig` 1.` 'It .will therefore be seen that inA this invention the refrigerator A, in connection withits `ice-box Cfbeing made to serve together as a cover for the water-cooler B,it is to be lifted ofi' in-replenishing the cooler with water orfor introdueing a portion of the ice where expedition the box C will serve the double purpos'ei-o-t' cooling the refrigerator und imparting additional eoolness tothe water as it melts and' dri ps' through the hole e' into the cooler below it, and atthe same time the cooler B.; retards the meltingv of the iee,`and that, therefore,

economy in regard to the quantity of ice heretofore required' for both purposes will be afforded without diminishing the capacity of.' -th erefrigerator for the reception of provisions.-

Having thus fully described my improveln'ent and pointed out its utility, whatl claim as new therein, anddesre to secure by Letters Patent, is'- Combining a water-cooler with a refrigerator so that the latter, in connection with its ice-box, shall form',- the cover of the watercooler, the whole being arranged together so as to operate in the mannerdescribed, for the purposes specified.

' WlLLlAM GBEGG,

Witnesses: l u BENJ. MoarsoN, J Amas McCAHoN. 

